CVE-2026-49497 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2026-49497MEDIUM

nationalsecurityagency ghidra — Ghidra < 12.1 - Path Traversal via .gnu_debuglink in DWARF External Debug File Resolution

  AV  AC  AT  PR  UI  VC  VI  VA   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   N   A   L   N   N    4.6   .0019    8.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  ghidra   unspecified  12.1

TIMELINE
  May 31  Reserved by VulnCheck
  Jun 10  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-49497 (nationalsecurityagency ghidra). Public exploit reference added.
  Jun 10  Published (CNA: VulnCheck)

CWE-22 · CNA: VulnCheck · CVSS v4.0 · 2 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before constructing file paths. Attackers can craft malicious ELF binaries with traversal sequences to probe filesystem existence and leak CRC32 hashes of arbitrary files during automatic DWARF analysis.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 31, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by VulnCheck
June 10, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-49497 (nationalsecurityagency ghidra). Public exploit reference added.
June 10, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: VulnCheck)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
nationalsecurityagency	ghidra	—	—	12.1

Weaknesses

CWE-22

References (2)

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-57g6-7qw2-p5hx [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-via-gnu-debuglink-in-dwarf-external-debug-file-resolution [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-49497 at cve.org

Vendors: nationalsecurityagency

Weaknesses: CWE-22

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